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Animal-Derived Graft Into A Joint Surface

Wisconsin rates for HCPCS 0737T

Implants a scaffold made from processed animal tissue into a damaged patch of the smooth cartilage that lines a joint. The scaffold fills the defect and gives the body's own cells a structure to grow into as a working joint surface rebuilds over it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Animal-Derived Graft Into A Joint Surface cost?

$4,677

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $12,882 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,445$64.57 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,882$5,495 to $15,849

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,882 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $20,417Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $65 to $6,310
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $12,882professional $1,445

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$22,387.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 50.1 times more in Oklahoma than in North Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Wisconsin· 2nd of 51

$4,677

OK $5,012NC $100

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.